I took this picture last night, while out and about in Madrid with Team Tapas.
Madrid Ayuntamiento (Town Hall)
Am trying to fall in love with a city, which, at first glance, I didn’t really take to. It will soon be my home, so I better make an effort. I think it’s slowly happening…
There will be a food post to follow…
Lady Of The Cakes 
Madrid, Madrid, Madrid!!! Me encanta Madrid!! but admittedly…I might love it because of the time I spent there and the happy memories that are still with me? nah, it’s a GREAT city full of many things to do and wonderful food to eat. I sure hope you end up liking it. 🙂
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The food is THE major attraction, I’m telling you!
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well, okay….but there is SO MUCH MORE!!
yes, I’m up in the middle of the night 😦
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Cats running riot again…?
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nah. can never sleep Sunday nights. but 2 a.m.???? hoping to catch some zzzzzzzzzzzs on the couch. can’t I just RETIRE?!?!?!? sigh……
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It’s a beautiful building. I will trade with you if you don’t like it. Lol
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OK… you’ll be on stand-by 😉
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I’ve visited twice and found it quite lovely. Any place that offers free tapas, provided you’re buying drinks, is my kind of place. 🙂
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Well, they have those in Toledo, too!
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This is true!
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I’m sure you’ll grow to love it! Just think of how many more cake shops Madrid has in comparison to Toledo!
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I’m sold.
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So easy 😉
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Lovely pic. Looking forward to the food post!
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Just sorting through the photos…
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Shopping! 🙂
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Yup, that’s another draw, certainly! I’m not a shopaholic, by any means, but getting hold of even basic things like groceries is quite inconvenient where I live now.
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What a beautiful building! But the energy costs…
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…says the woman whose flat is the temperature of Suriname all year round….
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Lol! Fair point.
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It will happen. Madrid energy is contagious!
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I also think there’s a good chance… and if there isn’t, the whole world will have to suffer it out with me, lol.
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It will make for some engaging writing then – just think the of great Russian literary tradition, and how much they all suffered, many of them in prison, exile, etc.
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Madrid – the new Gulag…
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One way to look at it. Of course, when Lenin was exiled, he went to Paris, Vienna, Prague…
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Vienna is a place I could imagine living myself in at some point in the future 🙂
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Do it! Bc I havent been there yet 🙂
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You need to train your cake receptors first 😉
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There’s always beer 🙂
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Austria does have that. And wine!
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Free tapas with drinks? You’ve got my attention!
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That’s how it works… and has been for centuries(?).
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I’ve never been to Madrid, but that looks very impressive!
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Most things are better with the lights off…
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Good luck with falling in love with Madrid! I’ve never been so don’t have any advice, except to say that I hated New York (well, Manhattan) the first few times I visited, then one day just fell in love for no reason I could think of, and have been ever since!
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Hi there! I had the same experience with London… that’s what gives me hope 🙂
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Not the warmest or immediately welcoming city in Spain but I bet you will end up liking living there. I am partial to Barcelona but did develop a fondness for Madrid.
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I was really torn for about a year over this decision… we’ll see how it pans out 😉
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You’ll be fine 🙂
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Have you found the ‘Hemingway never ate here’ bar, somewhere around the back of the Plaza Mayor I think. My memory is a little hazy, it’s about 10 years since I went to Madrid. You will grow to love it, I’m sure.SD
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Must look out for that bar when I finally get there, LOL 🙂
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